Name of Saginaw Co. drowning victim released

Published 6:38 am, Wednesday, February 1, 2012

The identity of a 73-year-old man whose body was pulled from Saginaw County’s Beaver Creek Monday has been released.

The Saginaw County Sheriff’s Office reports the death of Hubert James Talaga of Merrill is believed to be an accident.

The Jonesfield-Lakefield Fire Department, Saginaw County Sheriff’s Office and the county dive team were called to 5624 S. Chapin Road for a report of a person who fell through the ice and into the creek at 9:40 p.m., the Saginaw County Sheriff’s Office reports. Talaga was at the creek’s edge, which has a 20- to 25-foot steep drop to the water’s edge, walking his dog.